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Fulacht fia

Lackareagh, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Fulacht fia, Lackareagh, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Lackareagh
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.01659, -9.03113
SMR number
CL010-074001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On damp ground in hazel and rough pasture with a small stream flowing NNW-SSE just to the W. Marked on Robinson’s (1977) map. This well-preserved fulacht fia comprises a horseshoe-shaped mound (12m N-S; 12m E-W; int. H 0.7-1.4m; ext. H 0.6-1.5m) with an opening (5.7m N-S; 3m E-W) to the N. A semicircular area (c. 8m N-S; c. 6m E-W; H c. 1m) immediately to the E may be an extension or possibly another fulacht. A low stony subcircular hummock (3.6m E-W; 2.5m N-S; H 0.2-0.6m) on the W bank of the small stream, several metres to the WSW may possibly be another. There are three identified fulachta fia nearby 4m to the NE (CL010-074002-), c. 17m to the E (CL010-074003-) and c. 117m to the ESE (CL010-074004-).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 24 May 2023

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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